Shores lifeguards rescue 25 students
Ten La Jolla Shores lifeguards made a massive water rescue on Monday, June 19 at 7:40 p.m. when 25 middle school students, many swimming in their clothes, were sucked from shore in strong rip currents. All 25 were rescued safely, but there were a few close calls in which the victims were literally starting to be submerged under water as the lifeguards reached them, according to Lifeguard Lt. Greg Buchanan.
“One thing about rip currents is that they have a feeding area, neck and head, so you can feel OK in one spot and next thing you know you’re sucked out,” Buchanan said, adding that swimming in clothes makes the situation even more difficult.
Due to the size of the rescue, the lifeguards enlisted surfers to paddle to the victims so they could hang on the boards until rescued by the lifeguards. Buchanan commended the surfers for their “willingness and alertness to help out” in an unusual situation that Buchanan classified as “super-serious.”
The lifeguards were honored by Mayor Jerry Sanders and city council at a council meeting on June 27.
The rescue “highlights the overwhelming success of our professional lifeguard service,” said Council President Scott Peters, who represents District 1.

La Comisión de Planificación aprueba Adat Eruv
La congregación Adat Yeshurun recibió el visto bueno para instalar tres postes en La Jolla a fin de completar una línea fronteriza simbólica de Eruv que permitirá a los judíos ortodoxos transportar artículos en sábado dentro del área.
La Comisión de Planificación aprobó el proyecto con una votación de 4-2 el 22 de junio.
The poles will connect at the top with fishing wire, and fences and canyons will connect the rest of the circuit to create a boundary. The Eruv line will transform the area into a private domain under Jewish law, allowing residents to carry items such as car keys, canes, strollers and groceries within the perimeters on the Sabbath. Orthodox Jewish law prohibits carrying anything outside the private domain on the Sabbath.
Los miembros de la comunidad hicieron dos presentaciones en oposición a la línea Eruv, según el planificador principal Dan Monroe.
Algunos vecinos están considerando apelar, lo que llevaría el asunto al Concejo Municipal para una votación final, dijo Sherri Lightner, presidenta de la Asociación de Costas de La Jolla.
Los organismos asesores oficiales de La Jolla se dividieron en sus recomendaciones a la comisión de planificación. La Junta Asesora de La Jolla Shores recomendó la aprobación, mientras que la Asociación de Planificación Comunitaria de La Jolla votó en contra del proyecto.
Congregation Adat Yeshurun is located on La Jolla Scenic Drive North. The boundary would cover parts of University City and La Jolla. Within La Jolla, the boundary line will extend from La Jolla Village Drive to the north, I-5 to the east, La Jolla Parkway to the south and Torrey Pines Road to the west.

Volunteers needed for Morning After Mess
San Diego’s beaches attract hundreds of thousands of people every Fourth of July. They spend the day eating and drinking with friends and family, enjoying a day of patriotic festivities. When they leave, they take the memories but leave the trash, tons of it.
Anyone who has ever been to the beach on July 5 can attest to the massive amounts of garbage that overflow the trash cans, turning the once beautiful beaches into a shore side landfill.
To combat the problem, the San Diego Surfrider Foundation is collaborating with Sun Diego Boardshops to the conduct this year’s Morning After Mess beach clean-up event.
The Surfrider Foundation invites the public to come and help out with the cleaning effort from 9 a.m. to noon.
Last year, more than 1,000 volunteers collected about 4,000 pounds of trash, according to San Diego Surfrider Foundation committee member Ken David.
“It’s a huge problem,” David said. “People just go down, they party; there are cans, six-pack wrappers, bags. Just all sorts of trash left where it is instead of people picking it up, like I’m sure they would do at home or want someone else to do coming into their home.”
Because of this problem, the San Diego Surfrider Foundation is asking concerned community members to help with the massive clean-up, but also to remind them to bring their bags from home and put full bags of trash in the cans scattered all over the beach.
The event will run from 9 a.m. to noon at Ocean Beach Pier, Belmont Park in Mission Beach, the foot of Pacific Beach Drive in Pacific Beach, Del Mar at 15th Street (Powerhouse Park), South Carlsbad State Beach (Ponto), Oceanside South Jetty and La Jolla Shores.
San Diego City Council members Donna Frye and Kevin Faulconer will be speaking at the end of Pacific Beach Drive in Pacific Beach. At the event, there will be free giveaways and participants will be able to win a surfboard from Sun Diego Boardshops to be raffled off at each location. The first 80 participants will receive a free T-shirt from the Surfrider foundation and all necessary equipment will be provided for volunteers that show their support.
For information call (858) 792-9940.

Library offers refuge from summer’s blast
The summer in San Diego has people flocking to the beach to catch a cool breeze as they seek relief from the desert-like conditions. But not everyone can get to the beach and the heat can be an unbearable nuisance during the hottest days of summer.
To help solve the problem, the La Jolla Riford Branch Library, working with the County’s Aging and Independence Services, has opened up its doors for those seeking a break from the heat.
The city’s 35 libraries have been designated Cool Zones and have been opened to people who seek refuge on the hottest days to get a chance cool off if it gets too hot outside, according Arian Collins, a spokesman for the city’s libraries.
“Our role is to provide free access to anyone who wants to get out of the heat, sort of as a public service.” Collins said.
The La Jolla library is located at 7555 Draper Ave.
The City of San Diego Public Library is part of the County’s Aging and Independence Services program to help disabled persons and those with health problems who can be affected by the summer heat.

Shelters make a deal on cats, kittens
This summer, cat lovers will able to add a new addition to their home by adopting cats and kittens from the San Diego County animal shelters at reduced fees.
Animal shelters in San Diego County have reduced their adoption fees for adult cats and encourage people to adopt kittens as part of their It’s Better with a Buddy adoption program.
Under the It’s Better with a Buddy program, those who adopt a kitten at the regular fee rate will be able to adopt a second kitten for $29. In addition, anybody who adopts a cat six months or older will have the $58 adoption fee reduced to $29.
“Maybe if you adopt two they’ll keep each other company. They’ll have playmates and sleep together. It’s really neat to adopt two kittens,” said Dawn Danielson, director of the Department of Animal Services in San Diego.
To encourage people to adopt and get kittens into homes faster, these programs have been offered as an incentive for those who adopt a kitten to realize the benefits of have a second kitten around, Danielson said.
The adoption incentives help reduce the numbers of kittens and cats in the animal shelters during the spring and summer months.
“This time of year we are inundated with kittens. I mean, we’re talking we have kittens everywhere,” Danielson said.
According to Danielson, the department received an average of 33 kittens a day over Memorial Day weekend.
For information and the location of the nearest shelter, (619) 299-7012.